Chemist

ARA‘s ISR division is looking to hire a Chemist.

As the Chemist, you will provide chemical expertise to DTRA’s training events and exercises.

Articulates Chemical Warfare Agent (CWA) related information, responds to questions, and assists in building lab scenarios that capture the audience’s training objectives.

Chemist Responsibilities:


* Construct chemical warfare agent labs and evaluate unit safety and sampling procedures while in the lab.


* Provide a course of instruction focused on CWA, their development, characteristics, historic use, emerging threats, precursors, and signs and symptoms of exposure as needed.


* Design and build all the CWA lab processes and ensure required chemicals and equipment are available.


* Provide feedback to the training unit on safety, sampling procedures, and explanation of the lab process while in the lab.


* Serve as a SME on the following:
+ Chemical warfare agents, their synthesis, exposure routes, signs, and symptoms, and their mode of transmission as well as the detection equipment to include basic instrument maintenance, operational theory, and interpretation of instrument outputs / responses to both simulant and live agent chemical challenges.

Instruments will include currently fielded US DoD equipment (e.g.

M8 & M256A2 CDK, JCAD, RMX - Raman, FTX - FTIR, MX908 HPMS) and select nonstandard detection equipment (e.g.

multi-gas - 4 gas detector w/ PID, colorimetric test papers and length of stain tubes).
+ Decontamination of chemical warfare agents and the physical removal techniques utilized by US DoD personnel.
+ Respiratory protection to include air purifying respirators (APR), powered air purifying respirators (PAPR), canister function, break through, and proper respiratory PPE / IPT selection based established threat agent.



* Be familiar with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) / Individual Protective Technologies (IPT) to include knowledge of protective fabrics, to include permeation resistance to traditional and emerging threats.


* Experience with neutralization media application and evaluation utilizing US DoD specific solid and liquid decontaminants.


* While conducting Live Agent Training, assist facility personnel, as required, with filling lab process with appropriate precursor chemicals and CWA and provide safety oversight of lab operations during training.


* Shall meet medical requirements to wear a protective mask in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.134.

Offer is contingent upon contract award.

Chemist Required Qualifications:


* US citizen with an active Secret Clearance to start.

Must be able to obtain a Top-Secret clearance.


* Master’s degree 10 to 13 years or PhD with 8+ years in a Chemistry-related field from an accredited school is highly desired.


* Must be able to obtain a US Passport


* Experience in chemical weapons use and consequence management of their use.


* Maintain assigned p...